ORDER

PER: RAKESH KUMAR GUPTA, MEMBER (A)

1. The applicant has filed the present Original Application under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 seeking the following reliefs:

a) To issue a direction to the respondents to refund the recovered sum of Rs. 6,25,680/- and also for payment of interest on the entire gratuity amount for the delayed payment of entire gratuity amount of Rs. 16,10,196/-.

b) Grant such other order/s as this Tribunal deems fit to grant to the applicant having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case.

2. The facts of the case as averred by the applicant in his pleadings, are as follows:

a) The applicant initially joined Indian Air Force on 20.02.1982. He took premature retirement from the Air Force in the post of Wing Commander w.e.f., 31.08.2004 after working there for more than 23 years.

b) The applicant subsequently applied for the post of Scientist F in DRDO. He was issued appointment order dated 22.06.2004 (wrongly typed the year as 2005) (Annexure-A1). The applicant’s appointment was under open recruitment on regular basis carrying a pay scale of Rs. 14,300-400-18,300/-.

c) The applicant joined the post on 01.09.2004. Since the appoint